Noel Gallagher cements decision NEVER to return to Oasis as he believes there would be ‘no point’

Noel Gallagher has seemingly solidified his stance on ever returning to Oasis.

The rocker, 54, who shot to fame in the band in 1991 but quit in 2009 following a fall-out with co-star and brother Liam, told MR PORTER this week: ‘You don’t really understand unless you’ve really been in it. Once you’ve quit, there is no going back. There’s no point in going back.

‘Bands are weird, you start off as young men and end up going all the way through to being middle-aged dads and all that goes with it.’

‘What’s the point?’ Noel Gallagher has seemingly solidified his stance on ever returning to Oasis

Noel decided to leave Oasis after Liam contracted laryngitis ahead of V Festival in August 2009, with the band canceling the gig. Noel issued a statement, blaming his brother for the cancellation, but cited Liam having a hangover as the reason.

Liam then sued Noel, demanding an apology, which he did – after which he quit the band, saying, ‘I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer’.

Both brothers went on to form new bands after this, and have been embroiled in a public feud ever since. 

Elaborating on whether Oasis would have been a stadium band had they started out now, Noel said: ‘It would be mad to think that the first two records [Definitely Maybe and (What’s The Story) Morning Glory] would not transcend into a different era.

He told MR PORTER this week: 'You don't really understand unless you've really been in it. Once you've quit, there is no going back. There's no point in going back'

He told MR PORTER this week: ‘You don’t really understand unless you’ve really been in it. Once you’ve quit, there is no going back. There’s no point in going back’

Rockers: Noel shot to fame in Oasis in 1991 but quit in 2009 following a fall-out with co-star and brother Liam [pictured 2005]

Rockers: Noel shot to fame in Oasis in 1991 but quit in 2009 following a fall-out with co-star and brother Liam [pictured 2005]

‘So, I’d probably say yes, we’d be as big. But we were going for three years before we got signed, and we might not have made it to three years.

‘Now, somebody could film you at a gig and go, ‘Nah, they’re s**t’, so we wouldn’t have been given time to develop.

Would we have got our foot in the door? Maybe not. But would we have been as successful? In any era, I think ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’ and ‘Live Forever’ are going to be pretty special tunes.’

Noel is married to Sara MacDonald. He shares two sons with her – Donovan, 13, and Sonny, 10.

Elaborating on whether Oasis would have been a stadium band had they started out now, Noel said: 'It would be mad to think that the first two records would not transcend into a different era'

Elaborating on whether Oasis would have been a stadium band had they started out now, Noel said: ‘It would be mad to think that the first two records would not transcend into a different era’

He added: 'So, I'd probably say yes, we'd be as big. But we were going for three years before we got signed, and we might not have made it to three years'

He added: ‘So, I’d probably say yes, we’d be as big. But we were going for three years before we got signed, and we might not have made it to three years’

He said: 'Now, somebody could film you at a gig and go, 'Nah, they're s**t', so we wouldn't have been given time to develop. Would we have got our foot in the door? Maybe not'

He said: ‘Now, somebody could film you at a gig and go, ‘Nah, they’re s**t’, so we wouldn’t have been given time to develop. Would we have got our foot in the door? Maybe not’

He also has a daughter, Anaïs Gallagher, 21, whom he shares with ex Meg Matthews.

On home schooling the boys during lockdown, Noel said: ‘Home schooling was tough on the kids. My kids don’t give a f**k at the best of times, far less when they are sitting in their own kitchen in their underpants, eating toast when they’re meant to be learning something.

‘I had two young sons when I went away on tour in 2017 and when I came back in 2019 one of them’s got a ‘tache and is calling me ‘bruv’, and the other one is wearing jewellery and saying, ‘Yo’. I’m like, ‘F**king hell, how long have I been away?”

He added: 'In any era, I think 'Don't Look Back In Anger' and 'Live Forever' are going to be pretty special tunes'

He added: ‘In any era, I think ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’ and ‘Live Forever’ are going to be pretty special tunes’

Family man: Noel is married to Sara MacDonald. He shares two sons with her - Donovan, 13, and Sonny, 10

Family man: Noel is married to Sara MacDonald. He shares two sons with her – Donovan, 13, and Sonny, 10

On how being stuck at home was the toughest for his eldest son, Donovan, he said: ‘He’s at that age where you don’t know who you are. You only get to find out who you are through your life experiences but if you don’t have any, the internet decides who you are.

‘You shouldn’t really let your kids gravitate towards the internet, but what the f**k do you do?’

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